1. How to help your child succeed in year 11
Motivation and encouragement
Reminding, nagging & protecting
Checking quality of work without knowing about the subject yourself
Use of syllabus sheets and past papers

2. Motivation and encouragement - a sixth form plan
Progression: what is your child’s plan?
Advice and guidance from HWS
Everyone gets seen by the careers advisor
A series of assemblies about sixth form
Sixth form open evening
Everyone gets an interview for the sixth form
Tutors are regularly advising and supporting

3. Highgate Wood Sixth Form
If your child doesn’t get the grades they won’t be able to come
Entry Grade Criteria not yet fixed but will be for the sixth form open evening and a draft follows
High grades will be needed – some should have a plan B (advice from careers advisor)

4. Results Needed for HWS Sixth Form
Subject
Entry requirements
Art and Design
Grade 6 in GCSE Art
Grade 5 in GCSE English Language
Mathematics
Further Maths
Grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics
Grade 8 in GCSE Maths
Biology
Grade 6 in Maths
Grade 6 in GCSE Biology or Grade 7 in Add Science
Media Studies
Grade 5 in English Language
Drama
Grade 6 in GCSE Drama
Music
Grade 5 in GCSE Music or Merit or above in Music Technology
Chemistry
Grade 6 in GCSE Mathematics
Grade 6 in GCSE Chemistry or Grade 7 in Add Science
Music Technology
Results Needed for HWS Sixth Form

5. Results Needed for HWS Sixth Form
Subject
Entry requirements
Computing
Grade 6 in GCSE Computer Science
Grade 6 in Mathematics
If Computer Science has not been taken for GCSE then a Grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics and a 7 in GCSE Physics is required.
Philosophy
Grade 6 in English Language
Economics
Grade 6 in GCSE Mathematics
Grade 5 in GCSE English Language
Physics
Grade 6 in GCSE Physics or Grade 7 in Additional Science
English Language
Grade 6 in GCSE English Language
Photography
Grade B in GCSE Art
English Literature
Grade 6 in GCSE English Language and in GCSE English Literature
Politics
Grade 5 in English Language
Results Needed for HWS Sixth Form

6. Results Needed for HWS Sixth Form
Subject
Entry requirements
French
Grade 6 in GCSE French. Native French speakers do not need to have taken a GCSE.
Sociology
Grade 5 in GCSE English Language
Geography
Grade 6 in GCSE Geography
Grade 5 in English Language
Textiles
(Taught through Art)
Grade 6 in GCSE Textiles or and art or other DT can be substituted following a successful interview
History
Grade 6 in GCSE History
 PE
 Grade 5 in GCSE English language and a grade 5 in Biology or Double Science or alternative evidence of aptitude
Results Needed for HWS Sixth Form

7. Motivation and encouragement
You know your child best – ask yourself what works best! Is it…
Constant supervision?
Light supervision (phone / social media)?
Rewards (money / trip / cinema etc)?
Sanctions (holding back pocket money / revision or chores – your choice)?
Tell them to give themselves a break?
You decide… Discuss with your tutor if unsure

8. Reminding and Nagging
At school we will treat students that we know work well and do well in exams with a ‘light touch’. We will support and help rather than remind and nag
For students that demonstrate that they’re not doing as well as they can we do increase the reminding and nagging and communicate with home etc
If we need to we will deliver students to revision sessions that we think they must attend. Please bear this in mind if you want them to pick up a sibling
Check with SMHW, epraise etc

9. Homework and Private Study
A minimum of 15 hours per week should be spent on homework and revision.
Homework is intended primarily to reinforce learning in class and therefore is the same as revision.
An example revision timetable is shown on the next slide

11. Checking quality of work
You can check the quality and quantity of work without knowing anything about a subject – have the confidence to do so!
Revision cards should have been written – See this video clip for how to do them (also this one for more detail)

12. Checking quality of work
Use your child’s revision cards to ask them questions (if you feel that is feasible)
If not, and you have concerns about the progress your child is making (see report – predicted grade vs MTG) please check work is being done in other ways
Please let your child’s tutor know (copy me in) if you are worried that your child is not working hard or not showing you their work in any way

13. Revision cards are not the end – they are a beginning
Revision cards (and mind maps) are great at recalling facts. This is an essential part of course but 60% of an exam is likely to be about the application of these facts
60% of revision (on average) should be to apply facts (memorised from revision cards) and answer questions (as close to exam style as possible)

14. What does a revision card look like?
On the front, a statement of what to write about or a question
On the back, what you need to remember about this

15. Using revision cards Look at the front Get a blank sheet of paper
Write what you remember

16. Using revision cards
4. Turn the revision card over and correct You can see if your child has been revising by looking at their written work (all revision produces written work)

17. Questions and past papers
Work books with questions are a great place to start
Past papers might be downloaded from exam board websites but past papers can be a scarce resource – your child can check with their teacher if this is recommended
Look at our school website
Look at exam board websites, where useful
Tassomai and MyMaths and PiXL Lit app

18. Checking past papers or questions
Your child can firstly check their answers using their revision guide or exercise book
Then check using the mark scheme (these are written for teachers so it can be tricky - but worth the effort for top grades)
The examiners reports can be a great resource for you to use with your child after the mocks
Ask your child whether they had the same problem described
Ask them to see their teacher (note in journal?)

19. Syllabus sheets
Print off the syllabus for the relevant exam board or use similar information from teachers (checklists etc)
Your child should ‘traffic light’ the bullet points – do they know / understand each point?
To address problems do they need to look it up or ask the teacher?
For example

20. Science Syllabus example

21. Timeline November 2018 – Mocks (Science 20th-21st Nov)
22nd January 2019 – Mock results afternoon and parents’ evening
Spring half term – revision sessions
Wb 18th March 2019 – Mock 2s (for some subjects)
Easter holidays – revision sessions
13th May 2019 GCSEs start
Summer half term – revision sessions
21st June 2019 – Celebration Evening
22nd August 2019 – results day and 6th form enrolment (please make sure your child is there or see Ms Pinnick)